Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-25

| Tie TOdu, anu tllcy are COttCu WIN oii'
The cattle drink the oily water in the
rivers and pools, and the butter and
milk has an oily taste and fragrance
Whole fields of corn, the leaves of
trees, the fences and even the flowers
are often covered with an oil spray,
which makes a trip through the
Black Swamp interesting if not pleas
ant.
The people of the Black Swamp are,
by allowing such vast quantities OF
oil to run to waste, fixing everything
for an immense conflagration. Once
let a fire get started in this land OF oil
and the fires in the pine woods will
not be able to hold candle to the
/ burning. Not only derricks and drill
lers and shanties will go, but farm
houses, fences and whole towns are in
danger OF being swept out of existence.
This tremendous waste of hundreds
of thousands of barrels of crude oil
suggests the question, Is there no way
to get this oil to Toledo and use it for
cheap fuel in Toledo factories, which
are now paying 30 cents a barrel for
an article which here is almost as free
as water. An angry producer says if
The Standard company will not give
him an outlet for his oil, that he will
dig ditch to Toledo and run the oil
the city, Independent of pipe lines and
without the help of the Standard.
COST OF PIPE LINES.
| How to get this vast quantity OF oil
to the city of Toledo for use for cheap
fuel or for refining purposes, is ques-
ton which many are trying to solve,
and which will be solved in the next
few weeks by capitalists Of this city or
from the East.
The cost of pipe lines is usually
greatly over-estimated by those who
do not stop to figure the matter down
to a reasonable basis. A three inch
main will have a capacity of at least
900 barrels per day. Such a main
can be laid to the oil field for figure
not exceeding $25 900. Allowing $685.
600 for tanks and pumping stations
the cost of the whole plant need not
exceed $50, 900. In case refinery is
built they would cost from $50 900 up
wards.
Producers would gladly unite in the
construction OF a pipe line to Toledo.
One hundred thousand dollars worth
of stock, payable in oil, could be raised
among the operators in few hours.
This oil, placed on the market at the
market price in Toledo, would net a
handsome investment for the builders
of the pipe line, and afford the pro-
ducers some competition with the
| Standard COMPANY.
A TOWN OF TANKS.
Cygnet is town of tanks. 1t is at
Cygnet that the Buckeye Pipe Line
Company has already built a dozen
35,0 900 barrel tanks, and will build
without delay as many more. A few
months ago where Cygnet now
stands the wind whistled through a
poor potato patch, and sighed among
the trees of the Black Swamp. Now
trees, potato patches, large clumps Of
golden rod and beautiful punches OF
blue asters must all get out of the way
OF the tank men.
"The greatest gusher in the world, !"
mentioned in yesterdays Blade, was
next visited. Wonderful as are the
stories told of other wells in other
fields, this we'll certainly stands with
out an equal in the world.
The we'll, which is only a short walk
from Cygnet, had been flowing at the
rate of 25O barrels a day when Mr..
Parker SAID "Shoot it," and W. J.
Morrison, of Findlay, dropped the
ego devil"
Never before in the history OF the
oil fields has such result been
achieved. The oil burst forth in
mighty volume and it seemed as if the
fountains in the center, of the earth
had been broken up and were being
forced up by an unseen and unknown
force. Through four lines the oil
poured, and the tanks shook and the
earth in the vicinity OF the well trem-
bled. The thunders from the well can
be heard all over Cygnet.
In less than one hour and half the
well flowed 800 barrels into the tanks,
and this will give the coil volcano" a
capacity OF 5000 barrels per day. The
we'll is keeping up its reputation for
being the greatest gusher in the world,
and at the rate it is flowing now all the
80 900 barrel tanks at Cygnet will soon
be filled from the coil volcano. -
| Toledo Blade.